TDP moves Supreme Court over BC reservations in Local Body elections

While the government of Andhra Pradesh is preparing for the local body elections in the state as per the High Court ruling on reservations, the opposition TDP party not leaving any stone unturned to stop the elections process citing injustice to BCs. In the meantime, the TDP leaders on the advice of former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu has filed the petition against the reduction of reservations in the local body elections.

On the other hand, TDP leaders have met chief election commissioner on Thursday and requested to hold the elections as per the Constitutional without allowing any malpractices. The TDP has also asked the election commissioner not to entrust the village volunteers for election duty. They also complain to governor Biswabhushan Harichandan about the decrease of reservations. They opined that more than 140 sub-castes would lose their opportunity in the elections.

It remains to be seen, whether the Supreme Court would take up the petition for investigation. With the latest development, there is scope for the stalling of elections for once again.